Historical Performance Institute IU-JSoM

07/13/2025

Given recent moves initiated by the Indiana state legislature, over 400 academic programs within the state’s higher education sector have been eliminated or suspended—116 of these on the IU Bloomington campus alone. Many of you will doubtless have heard by now that all degree programs in our HP department are to be discontinued. This fall, however, we will welcome a highly talented cohort of six graduate students who will take on their studies as the final beneficiaries of these programs, precisely as they have always been offered. The department, therefore, will continue to operate, as ever, over the next two years.

In contrast with the HP department, the Historical Performance Institute will retain its place, expand further its range of work, and continue to act as the coordinating hub of HP throughout the greater Jacobs school. Moreover, ensembles will also continue as they always have. Over the past academic year, more than 120 students from outside the HP department in other major areas have participated integrally in our work.

Especially at this precise moment in time, the HP faculty, both full and part-time, will be highly grateful for your moral support and positive encouragement during this seismic shift. While hundreds of academic programs have been cut across the state, the HPI will very fortunately remain.

Although it is too soon to predict publicly with certainty, there are initiatives now going into place whereby lost degree programs could ultimately be provided alternative institutional pathways, either by or before the end of the next two-year “teach out” period. Because of this, it would be premature (in my view) to say that all of our degree programs are lost entirely.

Our faculty are deeply dedicated to providing incoming students with the best possible education and experience, to fortify their development as emerging artists within a field experiencing new waves of professional growth. Your moral support has never been more needed than it is now, and it will be most gratefully received. Dana Marsh, HPI Director

05/05/2025

Making our way through finals week, we are thrilled to congratulate all who are to graduate from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music this academic year!

HP Majors graduating:
Courage Barda (BSOF, historical voice)
Asher Bennett (PDSP, baroque oboe)
Zachary Coronado (BM, baroque bassoon, returning for PDSP)
Samuel Motter (MM, cornetto)
Victoria Wernicke (MM, baroque violin)

Congratulations also to HP secondary and minor field MM and DM students - over 50 graduates involved in HP this year - one third of our total roster!

Baroque Violin: Naomi Kertonugroho, Daniella Lombardi, Grace McKenzie

Baroque Cello: Thomas Shaw

Baroque Trumpet: Avery Hoerman, Josh Levy, Jonathan Leveque,
Aleah Miller, Kennedy Ryan, Joe Shore, Connor Tipton, Zachary Walter

Baroque Oboe: Angelica Markevitch

Early Clarinet: Jake Basil. Julian Fiaschetti

Early Keyboard:
Sabrina Chen (fortepiano), Mizue Fukushima (harpsichord), Monacella Gracia (harpsichord and fortepiano), John Musila (fortepiano), Soo Yeon Jeong (fortepiano), Alex Wong (harpsichord and fortepiano), Edoardo Lenza (fortepiano), Cheng Qian (harpsichord), Yuhao Zhao (harpsichord)

Historical Voice: Caleb Crawford, Michelle Kwok, Eric Meincke, Seonjong Park, Maura Phipps, Nick Voermans

Natural Horn: Neftali Bernard, Sarah Dahlin, David Holloway, Ari Kessler, Hannah Kittleson, Emma Nixon, Andre Richter, Lane Royer

Sackbut: Jocelyn Edgar, Zhimeng Lyu

Traverso:
Sheng Bi, Lucy Jihyeon Hwang, Ruyuan Li, Xinyi Ma

Major Ensembles (Baroque Orchestra and Concentus members, not listed above as secondary vocalists or instrumentalists)
Miggi Anganco (Fall 2024—DM choral conducting), Elijah Bowen (MM, voice), Hannah Foote (MA, music theory), Katie Gunn (MM, organ), Joshua Joy (MA, music theory), Ryan Rogers (DM, choral conducting), Mitchell Widmer (DM, voice)

VERY BEST WISHES TO ALL!!

02/09/2025

TODAY!! - Sundays in Auer Hall features HP faculty Joanna Blendulf, Ingrid Matthews, Jonathan Oddie, and Kathie Stewart, along with students Steven Baloue, Danqi Zeng, and Miranda Zirnbauer. Also featured will be the Pacifica Quartet, with Kyung Sung Lee and Sung-Mi Im. Follow link for the program: https://events.iu.edu/live/files/5925-202502091600ahsundays-in-auerpdf

🎶 Sundays in Auer 🎶 Join us for an afternoon of exquisite chamber music as faculty and students from the Historical Performance, Strings, and Chamber & Collaborative Music Departments come together for A Musical Offering.

Featuring the Pacifica Quartet alongside a stellar lineup of faculty and student musicians, this performance is not to be missed!

Learn more at https://events.iu.edu/musiciub/event/1799181-sundays-in-auer-faculty-chamber-music-series

📅 Sunday, February 9, 4 p.m.
📍 Auer Hall

See you there!

01/31/2025

TOMORROW - come enjoy a fabulous program by Prof. Jonathan Oddie on the HPI's new harpsichord!

01/29/2025

Our first ensemble concert of the Spring semester approaches on February 16. The Bologne Violin Concerto in B-flat Major features Danqi Zeng, classical violin. Haydn's Harmoniemesse features vocal soloists: Jisoo Choi, soprano; Dajeong Song, mezzo-soprano; Robbie Erickson, tenor; Mitchell Widmer, baritone. IU Classical Orchestra and Voices of Concentus are hard at work!

12/03/2024

Join us on Saturday for the final Baroque Orchestra concert of the semester, directed by Ingrid Matthews!

12/03/2024

This Sunday - come out to Monroe County Courthouse for a lunchtime concert of sacred 16th & 17th-century music featuring sackbuts, cornetto, violin, voices, and organ! Presented by Bloomington Early Music Festival & by musicians of the Historical Performance Institute.

11/30/2024

On the eve of the IU admissions deadline, we invite additional applications for the 2025-2026 academic year!

Giving Tuesday is also upon us - every bit helps :-)
https://give.myiu.org/iu-bloomington/I320002366.html

11/19/2024

We are delighted to complete our HP Colloquium Series for the semester with a talk from Dr Kyle Adams, Professor of IU Music Theory and Affiliated Professor with the HPI. This paper deals with an important topic to be handled in Prof. Adams' forthcoming book. Please contact Sam Motter ([email protected]) for Zoom registration.

Topic:
“'Color' in Black and White: ‘Chromatic’ as Term and Concept from Antiquity to the Renaissance"
Abstract:
This brief talk is part of a larger project studying the development of the chromatic genus (and chromaticism) from its earliest uses in ancient Greece up through the eighteenth century. The current talk arose from a simple question: why did the Greeks, whose musical terms tended either to describe mathematical ratios or physical relationships, decide to use the word for “color” to desribe the genus of melody that lay between the diatonic and enharmonic? I’ll attempt to answer this by surveying ancient Greek theories of color, then discuss how they were applied to the scale with semitones in antiquity and throughout the middle ages.

Kyle Adams is professor of music in music theory, director of undergraduate studies, and aural skills coordinator at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
He earned his Ph.D. from the City University of New York in 2006, where his dissertation explored chromaticism in pre-tonal music. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in piano from the Mannes College of Music. Prior to joining the faculty at the Jacobs School, Adams taught courses in music theory, ear training, and keyboard skills at Mannes, Queens College, and Hunter College.
His bifocal research agenda involves music of the sixteenth century and hip-hop music. In sixteenth-century music, his work deals with tonal structure; to that end, he has published articles on the modes of polyphony and on Renaissance chromaticism in Theoria and in the Journal of Music Theory. Adams’ hip-hop research attempts to model the musical and rhythmic aspects of rap lyrics and how they relate to the underlying beat. He has published on these topics in Music Theory Online, Music Theory Spectrum, and the Cambridge Companion to Hip-Hop.
In addition to his research and teaching, Adams continues to work as an accompanist, primarily for singers and brass instrumentalists.

11/08/2024